第一部分 成语故事 Passage 1 The More One Tries to Hide,the More One Is Exposed 欲盖弥彰 Passage 2 Decadent Music 靡靡之音 Passage 3 Learning from Past Mistakes to Avoid Future Ones 惩前毖后 Passage 4 An Arrow at the End of Its Flight 强弩之末 Passage 5 Swollen with Arrogance 趾高气扬 Passage 6 Being Extremely Exhausted 筋疲力尽 Passage 7 Letting the One Who Tied the Bell on the Tiger Take It Off 解铃还须系铃人 Passage 8 Like a Crane Standing Among Chickens 鹤立鸡群 Passage 9 As Pressing As a Fire Singeing One?s Eyebrows 燃眉之急 Passage 10 More Than Sufficient 绰绰有余 Passage 11 Raising the Standard of Revolt 揭竿而起 Passage 12 Arrogantly Overbearing 盛气凌人 Passage 13 Extremely Skillful 得心应手 Passage 14 Exhausted Its Tricks 黔驴技穷 Passage 15 The Snipe and the Clam Grappled 鹬蚌相争 第二部分 寓言故事 Passage 1 An Optimist 乐天派 Passage 2 Choice of Counsellors 扁鹊之言 Passage 3 The Horse and the Dog 马和狗 Passage 4 The Goose that Laid the Gold Eggs 下金蛋的鹅 Passage 5 The Cook and the Cat 厨师和猫 Passage 6 The Shepherd and the Nightingale 牧童和夜莺 Passage 7 The Wolf and the Lion 狼和狮子 Passage 8 A Subtle Hint 薛谭学讴 Passage 9 The Cat and the Cock 猫和公鸡 Passage 10 Each to His Own Kind 晏子使楚 Passage 11 The Ant and the Fly 蚂蚁和苍蝇 Passage 12 Safety in Numbers 滥竽充数 Passage 13 The Miser 守财奴 Passage 14 More Threatening Than Tigers 苛政猛于虎 第三部分 幽默笑话 Passage 1 The Lawyer and the Rancher 律师和农场主 Passage 2 Blonde at Work 美女上班 Passage 3 He?s Mine 他是我的 Passage 4 Relax 别着急 Passage 5 A Call?in Tape 电话录音 Passage 6 Where There?s a Will 一封遗嘱 Passage 7 False Alarm 错误的警告 Passage 8 Man Arrested 逮捕 Passage 9 Mad Martin 狂人马丁 Passage 10 Such a Neighbor 如此邻居 Passage 11 The Three Monks 三个修道士 第四部分 名人轶事 Passage 1 Carver's Pioneer Work with Peanuts 卡弗最早进行的花生研究 Passage 2 Jefferson and the Jockey 杰斐逊与赛马骑师 Passage 3 His Company Was Valued $500 Million 他的公司估价五亿美元 Passage 4 Refused Because She Was a Woman 因为她是妇女而被拒绝了 Passage 5 Jim Thorpe, a Sad, Bewildered Man 悲伤,迷惘的人——吉姆·索普 Passage 6 The Presidents? Pets 总统的宠物 Passage 7 Innocent of Any Sense of Responsibility 没有丝毫责任感 Passage 8 Mark Twain's Speechmaking Strategy (Ⅰ) 马克·吐温的演讲策略 (Ⅰ) Passage 9 Mark Twain's Speechmaking Strategy (Ⅱ) 马克·吐温的演讲策略 (Ⅱ) Passage 10 “Roosevelt”, a Bad Word? “罗斯福”,一个不好的词? Passage 11 King John and the Abbot 国王约翰和修道院长 Passage 12 Lincoln's Beard 林肯的鬍子 Passage 13 The Columbian Exchange 哥伦布文化交流 第五部分人物先峰 Passage 1 Gates? Way 盖茨的方式 Passage 2 Web Inventor Wins Millennium Techno? logy Prize 全球资讯网之父荣获“千年技术奖” Passage 3 The 32nd President of the United States 美国第32届总统 Passage 4 Albert Einstein 艾尔伯特·爱因斯坦 Passage 5 Should Shakespeare Be Made Modern? 莎士比亚是否也应该现代? Passage 6 First Flight: How Wright Brothers Changed World 第一次飞行:莱特兄弟改变了世界 Passage 7 Part?time Job Is a Full?time Success 兼职工作,全职成功 Passage 8 Economics Nobelists Tackle Time 抓住机遇的诺贝尔经济学家 Passage 9 Einstein Wins Again 爱因斯坦相对论再次得到验证 Passage 10 “Old”Europe Has More Millionaires Than U.S., Study Finds 调查表明,老欧洲比美国有更多百万 富翁 Passage 11 Then and Now 名流回首 Passage 12 Discovering the Key to the Secret of Life 发现生命奥秘的钥匙 Passage 13 New IOC Chief Seen as “Mr. Clean” 国际奥委会新主席“廉洁先生” 第六部分民间故事 Passage 1 Traditional Witchcraft 巫术 Passage 2 Parapsychology 超心理学 Passage 3 Robin Hood 罗宾汉 Passage 4 Robert Bruce and the Spider 罗伯特·布鲁斯与蜘蛛 Passage 5 Pecos Bill 佩科斯·比尔 Passage 6 Phrenology 颅相学 Passage 7 Astrology 占星术 Passage 8 The Unicorn 独角兽 Passage 9 Giants 巨人 Passage 10 Sneezing 打喷嚏 Passage 11 Jack and the Beanstalk 杰克与魔豆